Calculation of CPRI interface SFP

1. Basic information
The CPRI specification enables flexible and efficient product differentiation for radio
base stations and independent technology evolution for Radio Equipment (RE) and
Radio Equipment Control (REC).

1.1.

CPRI Line Bit Rate

In order to achieve the required flexibility and cost efficiency, several different line bit
rates are defined.
CPRI line bit rate option 1: 614.4 Mbit/s
CPRI line bit rate option 2: 1228.8 Mbit/s (2 x 614.4 Mbit/s)
CPRI line bit rate option 3: 2457.6 Mbit/s (4 x 614.4 Mbit/s)
CPRI line bit rate option 4: 3072.0 Mbit/s (5 x 614.4 Mbit/s)
CPRI line bit rate option 5: 4915.2 Mbit/s (8 x 614.4 Mbit/s)
CPRI line bit rate option 6: 6144.0 Mbit/s (10 x 614.4 Mbit/s)

It is mandatory that each REC and RE support at least one of the above cited CPRI line
bit rates. All CPRI line bit rates have been chosen in such a way that the basic UMTS chip
rate of 3.84 M bit/s can be recovered in a cost-efficient way from the line bit rate taking
into account the 8B/10B line coding.

1.2.CPRI Basic Frame

The length of a basic frame is 1 TC = 1/fc = 1/3.84 MHz = 260.416667ns. A basic frame
consists of 16 words with index W=015. The word with the index W=0, 1/16 of the
basic frame, is used for one control word.

1.3.Antenna-Carrier(AxC):
One antenna-carrier is the amount of digital baseband (IQ) U-plane data necessary for
either reception or transmission of only one carrier at one independent antenna
element. ZTE definition is 30 bits.

AxC Container:
For E-UTRA it contains one or more IQ samples for the duration of one UMTS chip or it
contains IQ sample bits and sometimes also stuffing bits.
Chip Value = Length of word * Number of word
AxC No./Chip= Chip Value / AxC value

2. Optical port resource

2.1.GSM
In the GSM mode, the sample rate is 1.288 MSPS, it means 1.288M sample points per
second need to be transferred. So each CPRI basic frame (1/3.84 MHz) need to pass 1/3
GSM sampling point. Since each sample point contain I and Q per 15bit, so each GSM
TRX needs to occupy 1/3 AXC carrier container.

2.2.UMTS
In the UMTS mode, the sample rate is 3.84 MSPS, it means 3.84M sample points per
second need to be transferred. So each CPRI basic frame (1/3.84Mhz) need to pass a
UMTS sampling point. Since each sample point contain I and Q per 15bit, so each UMTS
Carrier needs to occupy 1 AXC carrier container.

2.3.LTE
LTE baseband, Intermediate frequency IQ uses 15 bits, in order to reduce the rate of
optical port, the optical port uses compression technology of 9bit. Using 9bit
compressed, the IQ bit width is 9bit between BBU and RRU.

3. Quick guide
CPRI bit rate and corresponding Axc

CPRI bit rate and corresponding BW , No. of antenna , normal sample rate
BW

20

DL/UL

20

DL

UL

15
DL

15
UL

10
DL

10
UL

5
DL

5
UL

No.antenna

IQ value(bite)

normal sample rate

30.72

30.72

30.72

30.72

30.72

30.72

30.72

30.72

Low sample rate

23.04

23.04

23.04

23.04

23.04

23.04

23.04

23.04

IQ data bit rate(Mbps)

1474.56

2949.13

1474.56

2949.13

737.28

737.28

368.64

368.64

IQ data bit rate(Mbps)

1105.92

2211.85

1105.92

2211.85

737.28

737.28

368.64

368.64

CPRI line bit rate(Gbps)

3.072

3.072

3.072

3.072

1.2288

1.2288

0.6144

0.6144

CPRI line bit rate(Gpbs)

2.4576

2.4576

2.4576

2.4576

1.2288

1.2288

0.6144

0.6144

Axc and corresponding scenarios . It can be quickly to calculate the SFP with this table.
AXC

1TR 20/15M

1TR 20/15M

2TR 10M

number

antenna(normal)

antenna(Low sample)

antenna

AXC(30bit)

UMTS
5

GSM(1T2R)
1/3

For exampleLTE 20MHz + 8TRX = 8 + 3 = 11 AxC <16 , 2.5G Optical Module is enough

4. Conclusion
4.1.GSM MODE
GSM Data Rate: 26 frames in 15ms
Sample Rate: 156.25* 26 / 15 = 270.833KHz
4 Times interpolation: 270.833 *4 = 1.08333MHz
So GSM take as 1.28MHz, it is 1/3 AxC

4.2.LTE 20MHz 2T
LTE Sample Rate (20MHz): 23.704Mbps

Downlink IQ Value: 9 bit (range: 8,9..20)

Chip Rate: 3.84Mbps
Sample No./ Chip = LTE Sample Rate / Chip Rate = 23.04 / 3.84= 6
Data Value/ Chip = (9 + 9) * 6 = 108 bit
AxC No./ Chip = 108/ 30 = 3.6
AxC No./ CPRI = 3.6 *2 = 7.2

4.3.GL mode ,
example RRU8882
8 TRX * 1/3 = 2.7 AxC
LTE 20MHz + 8TRX = 8 + 3 = 11 AxC <16 , 2.5G Optical Module is enough